Legislative Alert: HB 2133 Student Privacy Bill: Contact the House Education Committee now
What is the issue with student privacy?
There are a few:
It used to be that students’ grades, disciplinary records, teachers comments and test scores on standardized tests were kept in files that could only be accessed by personnel in the school or the district. Not so anymore.
The requirements now, thanks to Race to the Top, are that school districts are to hand over more student information than most parents would feel comfortable doing… if they knew what was being collected.
For as little as $1M, our district will be required to turn over a vast amount of information. This will cost the district far more than any amount of money that is rewarded. See The Road Map Project, Race to the Top, Bill Gates and your student’s privacy for the details.
Here are a few items that are being demanded (remarks in italics are mine):
Children ready to succeed in school by kindergarten (will this require pre-K testing?)Students triggering Early Warning Indicator 1 and 2** Early warning indicators are for 6th and 9th grade students. EW1: Six or more absences and one or more course failure(s). EW2: One or more